Securing device for tie-knots



March 10, 1936. 1. MJELVA 2,033,531

SECURING DEVICE FOR TIE KNOTS Filed Nov. 21, 1953 INVENTOR A TTORNE Y Patented Mar. 10, 1936 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE 9 Claims.

This invention relates to a necktie attachment and especially is directed to a device operative tomaintain the knot of the necktie against slipp ng.

It isthe general object of my invention to pro vide a moreeificient arrangement for the purpose above'set forth-than has heretofore been devised. Particular objects will become apparent in the course of the following detailed description andclaims.

Inthe drawing:-

Figure 1 is a front elevation ofmy improved devicerepresenting the same in the form now preferred by me.

Fig. 2 is asimilar View as respects the device with the-same being shown, however,- in the position assumed during the operation of knotting a necktie.

Fig. 3 is a front elevation indicating by dotted .lines the position of the device on a knotted necktie.

Fig. 4 is an enlarged detail of the mechanism which I employ to accommodate a regulation of the position of the knot of the necktie; and

Fig. 5 is a transverse vertical section taken to the scale of Fig. 4 on a line 5-5 of Fig. 1.

Having reference to the drawing, the invention is formed to a general T-configuration, the numeral 5 representing a centrally disposed coupling memberwhich is utilized to connect the depending leg 6 of the T with the laterally extending arms indicated at 1, 8. Said coupler desirably is formed froma fiat plate which is disposed in the plane of the device and apertured as at [6 for the adjustable reception, in a manner hereinafter described, of the depending leg, said laterally extending arms being clamped by roll ing the upper end of the plateover the same.

Particularly as regards said arms, a length of wire of a curvilinear configuration is clamped in the coupler to extend outwardly and upwardly fromthe two opposite sides, the two ends being bent to provide gripping terminals such as the hooks In, It). More especially as respects the form of said hooks, each of the same are produced by-looping the ends of the wire in the provision, preferably, of substantial diamondshaped openings, the looped ends being turned about the shank proper of the arm and returned over the loop openings with the free ends directed inwardly in a plane above that of the loops. The terminals of the free ends are formed pointed as at: l I and normally are maintained in their elevated dispositions by the spring characteristics of the supporting fingers l2 therefor. Said free ends, as shown, operate in a plane at right angles to the plane of the loop openings and substantially on the longitudinal medial line thereof, the loop openings preferably being disposed at an angle of approximately 45 degrees to the plane of the-leg 6.

Relative to such leg, deflection from the perpendicular is accommodated and in accord I form thesame to provide two companion perpendicularly disposed strands [1, I8 which at their up per ends are bent horizontally andlie in parallel relationship, one to the other, to extend through the aperture l6 of the coupling member, projecting downwardly from the opposite side of the coupler in a spring loop l5 common to each of the strands. Said wire strands, from both sides of the coupling member, diverge outwardly from the aperture. Said aperture of the coupler is generally annular and about its periphery is provided with a plurality of denticulations Or the like 20 between successive of which the strands are adapted for socketed engagement, each of said sockets being aligned with a companion socket at the diametrically opposite side of the aperture to allow, in a manner believed obvious, yieldable compression of the strands to retract the same from one pair of sockets whereby the same may be sprung into a pair of diametrically aligned adjoining sockets reponsive to angular deflection of the leg relative to and in the plane of the device.

From said coupler, the strands ll, l8 extend in depending relationship to interengage at a point 2! from which the free ends diverge outwardly in L-shaped opposing spring fingers 22, the extremities of which are looped as at 23 in opposite directions from the plane of the fingers to enable the fingers to be interlocked responsive to compression of the fingers to pass the same beyond one another.

Relative to the use of the device, with attention being had to Figs. 2 and 3, in the operation of interlacing a necktie to form a knot in the same the device is laid over the narrow or underlying end 3! of the necktie and the spring ends 23 are locked underneath the same. The leg is or maybe deflected laterally in the direction of the arm 1 of the necktie and the steps of knotting the necktie are performed in the usual manner, the broad or tip end 32 of the tie being brought over the coupler, under and over the narrow end 3| of the necktie, thence upwardly underneath the coupler arms 1, 8, and finally passed through the facing turn. The hook [0' of the arm. I is then engaged, in the underside of the tie end 32 and the knot is drawn tight about the neck of the wearer, the locked ends 23 of the spring fingers 22 sliding upwardly on the narrow end of the necktie. Hook I0 finally is engaged in the neck side of the narrow tie end 3| by compressing the point H through the loop opening and slightly advancing the point. The knot is located at the proper angle between the lapels of the shirt by returning the leg over which the knot is formed to its normal perpendicular disposition or as may otherwise be required.

In disengaging the device to remove the necktie, it is necessary only to dislodge the hook III which is accomplished by slightly advancing the end 3| of the necktie as regards the diamondshaped opening of the arm 8. The loops 23 are then disconnected from one another to prevent crumpling the narrow end 3| of the necktie as the same is drawn through the knot. Hook I0 is or may be dislodged from the broad or tip end 32 of the necktie either before or after the necktie has been removed from the neck of the Wear- I do not limit myself to the details of construction shown as the invention clearly permits of numerous modifications within the scope of the hereto annexed claims.

What I claim, is:

1. In a device for the purpose described, a member of an approximate T-configuration in front elevation provided with hooks on the two ends of the laterally-extending arms thereof adapted for detachable engagement with the neck-encircling portion of a neck-tie at opposite sides of the knot, the depending leg of said T- configured member being provided at its lower end with a pair of companion fingers arranged to encircle the narrow end of the neck-tie below the knot with the free ends of said fingers providing means for connecting the fingers together.

2. The structure as described in claim 1, wherein said laterally extending arms are provided with terminals having diamond-shaped openings therein, the hooks being normally maintained in spaced disposition above said openings and adapted for yieldable depression through the openings beyond the plane of the terminals to engage the necktie between the hooks and the lower side of the terminals.

3. The structure as described in claim 1, and means introduced between said laterally extending arms and the depending leg affording deflection of the leg laterally as regards the perpendicular center of the member.

4. Mechanism for adjusting the angular disposition of a member comprising, in combination, a leg element providing a pair of companion strands at one end of the same spring-influenced outwardly from one another, said strands being directed at substantial right angles to the plane of movement of the leg element and compressible one toward the other in opposition to the spring, and a supporting plate for the leg element apertured to provide an annular opening for the reception of the strands therethrough, said opening being provided with a plurality of notches disposed about the periphery of the same and arranged in pairs, one disposed diametrically opposite to another, the strands being adapted for snap engagement in selective pairs of said diametrically oppositely disposed notches.

5. The combination of two members formed to accommodate adjustment of the angular disposition of one relative to the other, one of said members comprising a plate having an aperture of a relative annular shape therein provided with a plurality of notches about the periphery, the notches being arranged in pairs disposed diametrically opposite to one another, the other of said members comprising a pair of spring-expanding elements arranged parallel or approximately so with respect to one another, the elements being adapted to be compressed toward one another in opposition to the spring to accommodate springinfluenced snap engagement of the same in selective pairs of said diametrically oppositely disposed notches.

6. In a device for the purpose described, a member having an approximate T-configuration to provide a pair of laterally extending arms and 2. depending medially disposed leg, means at the terminii of the arms for detachably securing the arms with respect to the neck-encircling portion of a necktie at opposite sides of the knot, and a pair of companion spring fingers provided at the lower end of the depending leg arranged to encircle the narrow end of the tie below the knot and operating to accommodate detachable engagement of the depending leg relative to said narrow end of the tie below the knot, said spring fingers providing means for connecting the ends of the same, one to the other.

7. In a tie-securing device adapted to prevent the knot of the same from slipping, a T-shaped member having means at the opposite ends of the laterally extending arms thereof for securing the member against lateral displacement with respect to the neck of the wearer, the depending leg of said T-shaped member being provided with companion fingers connected with the lower end of the depending leg at the root ends of the fingers and formed to detachably engage one another at their free ends to surround the portion of the narrow end of the necktie running through the knot in connecting the member relative to said narrow end of the tie running through the knot.

8. A hook comprising a wire of spring material looped upon itself to form an aperture with the return strand being turned around the base end of the loop and extended forwardly on the longitudinal median plane of the loop, the free end of said forward extension being turned upwardly adjacent the forward end of the loop and returned in a plane parallel or approximately so to that of the forward extension, the terminal of said free end being pointed, the spring characteristics of the wire allowing the free end to be pressed upwardly through the aperture of the loop to penetrate the work, returning under the influence of the spring to grip the work between the walls of the loop and the free end of the wire.

9. In a T-shaped member for the purpose described in which the laterally extending arms of the member are adapted to be secured against lateral displacement, the depending leg being adapted for detachable connection with a knotforming end of the neck-tie, means providing a relative hinge connection between said depending leg and the laterally extending arms to accommodate movement of the leg laterally whereby to vary the angularity of the leg relative to the general plane of the laterally extending arms.

INGVALD MJELVA. 

